There is a ruthlessness required to reach the mountaintop over and over again, threaded into the very fabric of the Real Madrid crest on every player’s white shirt.
Tough decisions on the pitch and in the boardroom are common practice at the Bernabéu, just like the relentless boos that sometimes rain down from the stands, directed at the team’s biggest superstars. The standards are often so high that even 42 goals in a single season will earn you nothing but a petition with over 52 million signatures to leave the club—just ask Kylian Mbappé.
